奄奄一息
yǎn​yǎn​yī​xī

dying

  • created sense approved 奄奄一息 · yǎn​yǎn​yī​xī · dying — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    奄奄一息

    yǎn​yǎn​yī​xī

    dying

    at one's last gasp; on the verge of death; breathing so weakly that one is close to the end

    yān​yān​yī​xí, yān​yān​yì​xí

    奄奄 (reduplication) → 奄 · yǎn · faint 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 息 (literal) → 息 · xī · breath

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense